Paleolithic Era

• Food: Hunting and gathering

• Dwellings: Caves, nomadic people

• Technology: Digging sticks, spears, axes, and spoken language

• Religion & Art: Cave paintings, religious statues, and belief in afterlife

Neolithic Revolution

*The discovery of farming led to a decline in the hunting / gathering lifestyle and a rise in permanent settlements

*Farming led to a surplus of products and people then began to trade items / resources

Neolithic Revolution

*People began settling near river valleys to have access to the water necessary to grow their crops and to provide a means of transportation

*As settlements expanded over time, communities, cities and civilizations were developed

Neolithic Era

• Learned how to farm & use irrigation

• Began to live in permanent settlements

• Job specialization (new skilled professions such as tool-making, pottery, weaving, carpentry, etc.)

• Domestication of animals

• Division of labor led to gender inequality

Early River Valley Civilizations

*Rivers provided water for crops and also a means of transportation

*Interaction with other civilizations through trade helped societies to advance / evolve

*Chinese and Indian civilizations didn't evolve as fast as other civilizations due to physical barriers that limited trade

Neolithic Era

• Food: Farming, domesticated animals

• Dwellings: Permanent villages, stone houses

• Technology: Stone tools, polished ax heads, arrowheads, weaving cloth, calendar, wheel

• Religion & Art: Jewelry, buried dead in earthen tombs